MELBOURNE : Ariarne Titmus may bow out of her swimming career at next year's Paris Olympics if unable to find motivation to continue, the Australian champion said.Titmus, the Olympic 200 and 400 metres freestyle champion, said she had spoken to her coach Dean Boxall about her future and did not want to t
MELBOURNE : Ariarne Titmus may bow out of her swimming career at next year's Paris Olympics if unable to find motivation to continue, the Australian champion said.
"It’s certainly not a love thing or a body thing. I think if I went to Paris and won again, certainly a motivational factor. Titmus, whose rivalry with American great Katie Ledecky lit up the Tokyo Games, qualified for Australia's team for next month's world championships in Fukuoka, Japan, by winning the 400 freestyle at trials in Melbourne on Tuesday.
McIntosh, 16, smashed Titmus's previous world record with a swim of 3:56.08 at the Canadian trials in March.The three swimmers all have strong claims.
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